indicate Copy link Outline 1. indĭco, 1 (to point out2. signĭfĭco, 1 (to show signs of, to intimate)3. expr. by indĭcium4. arguo, i, ūtum, 3 (to furnish a proof of • indicate: 1. indĭco, 1 (to point out: be an indication of): the features i. the character, vultus i. mores, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26: the age of cattle is i.d by the teeth, aetas veterinorum dentibus indicatur, Plin. 11, 37, 64. 2. signĭfĭco, 1 (to show signs of, to intimate): as was i.d by the smoke and fire: ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 7: he i.s his wish by a nod, nutu s. quid velit, Ov. Met. 3, 643: v. to intimate. 3. expr. by indĭcium: esp. in dat. with esse: your speech i.d to me what your disposition was, mihi quale ingenium haberes indicio fuit oratio, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 4: Nep.: v. indication. 4. arguo, i, ūtum, 3 (to furnish a proof of: rare in this sense): fear i.s degenerate souls, degeneres animos a. timor, Virg.: v. to prove.